Arc 43Chapters 1051–1071

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Ch. 1051Facing the Enemy

Luo Yunji learned that stopping the apocalypse meant accepting a responsibility that could cost him Dabai, but he chose to fight for the people he cared about. As the Strange Objects overwhelmed the defenders, Luo Yunji, Liao Xing, Bi Yao, Tian Buyi, and the spirits from his Ghost Umbrella joined the battle.

  • The three deities told Luo Yunji the apocalypse had arrived and that helping Dabai would doom his loved ones, so he accepted that he had to shoulder the fight.
  • Luo Yunji found resolve on Big Bamboo Peak, then flew toward the approaching Strange Objects as the Azure Cloud Sect raised its defenses.
  • Liao Xing and Bi Yao caught up with Luo Yunji and insisted on fighting beside him, and the three charged into the gray tide.
  • The Strange Objects engulfed the trio, but Tian Buyi arrived and burned them back with the Profound Fire Array while chanting with Luo Yunji and the others.
  • Luo Yunji opened the Ghost Umbrella and summoned nearly ten thousand Spirit Entities, ordering them to attack the Strange Objects.

Ch. 1052Fighting with All Their Might to Hold Them Back

Luo Yunji and his allies fought the Strange Objects pouring through the Underworld tide, discovering that Linglong’s Witchcraft and several borrowed magical treasures could turn the battle in their favor. The Spirit Entities joined the defense, and the chapter ended with the tide still being fought back.

  • Luo Yunji explained that the Ghost Path had made the Spirit Entities Fierce Spirits, while the Beast God suggested using demons to fight demons.
  • Linglong recited Witchcraft that made the Strange Objects crack apart and spread the effect through the tide.
  • Blackheart Elder and Madam Jinling borrowed the Five Peaks Divine Halberd and the Acacia Bell, then used them to attack and control the Strange Objects.
  • Daoyan drove back a wave with Buddhist scripture as Puzhi followed him, while Zheng Qi and the other fighters joined the battle.
  • The Spirit Entities of Two Mountains formed disciplined ranks, and the Fierce Spirits of Sanfu Town fought over their kills.

Ch. 1053Asura Appears

Luo Yunji and the Tianyin monks trapped and destroyed the Strange Objects with a Buddhist formation, but Li Jingzhi created another horde and confronted Azure Cloud Mountain. After Li Jingzhi overwhelmed Luo Yunji, a powerful Asura appeared and became the new threat.

  • Tian Buyi tried to join the fight, but Luo Yunji stopped him and sent him back up the mountain.
  • Puzhi and Daoyan arranged for Tianyin Temple’s monks to trap the Strange Objects in a formation, which Luo Yunji powered with spirit stones.
  • The formation destroyed the Strange Objects, and the defenders celebrated after the final wave was wiped out.
  • Li Jingzhi revealed that he had created the Strange Objects and summoned another horde, declaring that Azure Cloud must be destroyed.
  • Luo Yunji charged Li Jingzhi but was thrown back, while a hideous figure appeared and sent Faxiang flying.
  • Luo Yunji recognized the figure as an Asura.

Ch. 1054Wuluo Appears

Luo Yunji discovered that Li Jingzhi had disguised himself as Asura and used the Heart-Slaying Lock to control the real Demon God, but the Demon God proved far stronger than Luo Yunji. As the Strange Objects threatened Azure Cloud Mountain and Luo Yunji was defeated, Wuluo arrived after fusing with the Zombie Body and offered to face the Demon God himself.

  • Luo Yunji exposed the false Asura as Li Jingzhi and trapped him in an ice coffin.
  • Li Jingzhi revealed that he had planted the Heart-Slaying Lock on the Demon God and took control of him.
  • The Demon God shattered Luo Yunji's Cloud Sword, and the Strange Objects overwhelmed the monks' formation, forcing Xiao Yicai, Qi Hao, and Chu Yuhong to activate the mountain-protecting formation.
  • Luo Yunji fought the Demon God but was battered to the ground, while his Spirit Entities were pulled away from the Strange Objects.
  • Wuluo, having fused with the Zombie Body, blocked the Demon God's punch and told Luo Yunji to leave the giant to him.

Ch. 1055The Heart Settles on Good and Evil

Luo Yunji fought Li Jingzhi while Daoyan and Blackheart Elder worked to exploit the Demon God's blood and demonic qi. Luo Yunji revealed that he had never meant to kill the Demon God, but to free it from the Heart-Slaying Lock, and the chapter ended with the battle still raging.

  • Luo Yunji charged Li Jingzhi atop the Demon God's head, resolved to stop him despite understanding his past.
  • Luo Yunji and Li Jingzhi fought fiercely while Daoyan and the others attacked the Demon God beneath them.
  • Puzhi and Jinling repeatedly rescued Luo Yunji from Li Jingzhi's attacks.
  • Luo Yunji revealed his plan to use the Human Scroll to free the Demon God from the Heart-Slaying Lock.
  • Blackheart Elder and Daoyan emerged after refining the Demon God's blood and demonic qi, while Li Jingzhi dismissed them as no threat.
  • The people on Azure Cloud Mountain recognized that good and evil depended on the heart, not on magical treasures or cultivation arts.

Ch. 1056Out of Seclusion

Luo Yunji and his allies were overwhelmed by Li Jingzhi until his senior brothers emerged from seclusion and joined the battle. As the Big Bamboo Peak disciples revealed eighty-four Spirit Dragons, Duan Ming awakened to the Heavenly Star on Big Bamboo Peak.

  • Li Jingzhi used his Heart-Slaying Lock and Spirit Dragons to defeat Luo Yunji's allies, leaving them badly wounded.
  • Luo Yunji's senior brothers emerged from Bibo Pool and brought him the Taiji Jewels, while the Spirit Venerable roared toward the sky.
  • Wu Dayi helped Duan Ming awaken the Heavenly Star, then learned from Su Ru that Luo Yunji had fought the Beast God and saved the people of several cities.
  • Wu Dayi left Tian Buyi and Su Ru to watch over Duan Ming and hurried to join his fellow disciples.
  • Zhang Xiaofan confronted Li Jingzhi for bullying Luo Yunji, and the eight Big Bamboo Peak disciples summoned eighty-four Spirit Dragons to face Li Jingzhi's twelve.

Ch. 1057Dragons Rampant

Song Daren and the other Big Bamboo Peak disciples fought Li Jingzhi while Wuluo and the others battled the Demon God and Strange Objects overrun the cities below. The disciples struggled against Li Jingzhi’s superior power as Du Bishu and Lu Daxin evacuated civilians to Azure Cloud Mountain.

  • Wu Dayi shared Luo Yunji’s experiences with the brothers, who joined forces against Li Jingzhi while Lu Daxin and Du Bishu helped Wuluo fight the Demon God.
  • Wuluo broke the Demon God’s waist, but could not kill it completely, so he stayed behind to guard it.
  • Song Daren and the other disciples revealed they had comprehended the Way of Nature and attacked Li Jingzhi, who easily repelled their techniques and warned them that they lacked the cultivation and experience to defeat him.
  • Gray-white Strange Objects overwhelmed several cities, and He Dazhi sent Du Bishu and Lu Daxin to rescue the people.
  • Du Bishu and Lu Daxin used their magical items and the Vine Forest to clear a route and escort civilians from the cities to Azure Cloud Mountain.

Ch. 1058Calling for Reinforcements

As Song Daren and the others fought Li Jingzhi, Yun Yilan and Shangguan Ce plotted to seize the treasures in Big Bamboo Peak’s Black Bamboo Building. The chapter ended as Shangguan Ce attacked Wen Min and Tian Linger, while powerful reinforcements were on their way.

  • Zheng Dali and He Dazhi combined fire and wind to scorch Li Jingzhi, briefly breaking through his defenses.
  • Shangguan Ce persuaded righteous-path sect leaders to join Incense Valley in targeting the treasures of Azure Cloud Sect’s Big Bamboo Peak lineage.
  • Tian Linger, Wen Min, Li Qinghe, and Zhao Yueyin discovered Incense Valley’s plan and split up to gather help and defend Big Bamboo Peak.
  • Li Qinghe reached Spirit Mountain and summoned Daoxuan, Tian Buyi, Su Ru, Cangsong, Wan Jianyi, Xiaobai, and Mao Qiushi to respond.
  • Yun Yilan’s group arrived at Big Bamboo Peak’s Back Mountain and demanded the Black Bamboo Building’s treasures, but Tian Linger cursed him and refused.
  • Shangguan Ce stepped forward and launched the Nine Cold Ice Piercer at Wen Min and Tian Linger.

Ch. 1059The Reinforcements Arrive

Tian Linger and her allies fought Yun Yilan, Shangguan Ce, and the sect leaders who sought Big Bamboo Peak’s treasures. Tian Buyi and Daoxuan True Person arrived with reinforcements, turning the battle’s tide and revealing that they were alive.

  • Tian Linger fought Shangguan Ce with Amber Vermilion Silk, while Wen Min helped hold off the attackers until Zhao Yueyin and Li Qinghe brought reinforcements.
  • Sanmiao Fairy, Yuyangzi, Wen Min, and Zhao Yueyin joined Tian Linger in battle as the sect leaders attacked, while Zhao Yueyin cursed Shangguan Ce after he ambushed her.
  • Yun Yilan struck Sanmiao Fairy and Yuyangzi, then attacked Tian Linger, but Mr. Ghost emerged from her shadow to block the blow.
  • Tian Buyi arrived with Daoxuan True Person, Wan Jianyi, Cangsong, the Nine-Tailed Sky Fox, the Cat Demon, Su Ru, and Li Qinghe, shocking Yun Yilan and the sect leaders.
  • Su Ru healed Sanmiao Fairy and Yuyangzi, checked Tian Linger, and reunited with her daughter, who discovered that Su Ru was pregnant.

Ch. 1060Quarrel

Tian Buyi confronted Yun Yilan and the sect leaders who had betrayed Azure Cloud, while Luo Yunji’s brothers struggled against Li Jingzhi. After learning that Yun Yilan had tried to steal from the Black Bamboo Building and kill the witnesses, Luo Yunji walked toward him despite Tian Buyi trying to intervene.

  • Su Ru confirmed that her unborn child was a boy, and Tian Linger lamented that she would have another little brother to contend with.
  • Tian Buyi attacked Yun Yilan and the other sect leaders, declaring that he would erase Incense Valley after they betrayed Azure Cloud and nearly killed Tian Linger.
  • Luo Yunji’s brothers combined their techniques to fight Li Jingzhi, but they failed to gain the upper hand, so Luo Yunji left to fetch a treasure.
  • Tian Linger argued with Tian Buyi about sparing Yun Yilan, but Su Ru and the others tried to conceal what had happened from Luo Yunji.
  • Luo Yunji forced Mr. Ghost out of Tian Linger’s shadow, and Mr. Ghost revealed that Yun Yilan had led the sect leaders to steal from the Black Bamboo Building and kill the witnesses.
  • Luo Yunji approached Yun Yilan despite Tian Buyi stepping in to stop him.

Ch. 1061Extermination

Luo Yunji killed Yun Yilan and Shangguan Ce, then returned to the battle against Li Jingzhi as the fight intensified. Su Ru went into labor during the battle, while Luo Yunji organized the others to prepare a combined Divine Sword Thunder Command True Art against Li Jingzhi.

  • Luo Yunji used the Ghost Umbrella to capture the fleeing sect leaders, killed Yun Yilan and Shangguan Ce, and absorbed their souls into the umbrella.
  • Luo Yunji returned to the battlefield and gave Du Bishu the Sword Wheel to refine while the others fought Li Jingzhi.
  • Su Ru went into labor, so Wen Min and Tian Linger stayed to help deliver the baby while Li Qinghe fetched Shuiyue and two midwives.
  • Du Bishu finished refining the Sword Wheel, and Luo Yunji distributed its Thunder-Struck Wood swords to the fighters.
  • Luo Yunji positioned the eight fighters around Li Jingzhi to combine their powers in the Divine Sword Thunder Command True Art, but Li Jingzhi believed he could evade its range.

Ch. 1062Unresolved

The eight disciples unleashed the Divine Sword Thunder Command True Art, defeating Li Jingzhi as Su Ru gave birth, but the Demon God escaped after faking its death. The exhausted survivors learned that the Zhu Xian Sword, the Parting Awl, and Lu Daxin’s Strange Weapon were tied to the Underworld, and could not pursue the Demon God toward Mount Huqi.

  • Li Jingzhi realized the Heart-Slaying Lock had freed the Demon God from his control as Du Bishu and Tian Buyi endured the lightning of the eight disciples’ technique.
  • The thunder tribulation struck Li Jingzhi, while Su Ru gave birth to a boy and Li Jingzhi asked Luo Yunji to let him see the baby before fading into starlight.
  • Zhou Xingyun brought his dying grandmaster to Li Jingzhi, and the old man apologized before crumbling to dust.
  • Wuluo revealed that the Demon God had survived and struck him in half, while Tian Buyi discovered the Zhu Xian Sword and Parting Awl were missing.
  • Luo Yunji connected the three missing weapons to the Underworld and learned the Demon God had gone toward Mount Huqi, but he and the others were too drained to pursue it.

Ch. 1063Setting Out

After Azure Cloud Mountain was saved, Tian Buyi brought his disciples home while the sect’s elders discussed their plans to retire on Spirit Mountain. The Asura Demon God remained at large, and two months later the recovered disciples set out to pursue him as the women of Big Bamboo Peak chose to follow.

  • Tian Buyi stopped Luo Yunji from pursuing the Asura Demon God, and the Big Bamboo Peak disciples celebrated the newborn and prepared to return to the mountain.
  • At Black Bamboo Pavilion, Daoxuan explained the elders’ plans to retire on Spirit Mountain, while Tian Buyi warned that the Asura Demon God might be heading for Mount Huqi.
  • Bi Yao learned that Wan Renwang was alive but possessed by demonic power, and she and Zhang Xiaofan quietly left to bring him to Spirit Mountain.
  • Two months later, Luo Yunji and eight companions set out to pursue the Demon God, while Wen Min, Li Qinghe, Zhao Yueyin, Tian Linger, and Lin Jingyu decided to go after them.
  • Su Ru blessed the departing Big Bamboo Peak disciples and told them she was proud of them.

Ch. 1064Battle Against the Demon God Again

Su Ru joined the Azure Cloud Sect and allied forces as they pursued the Demon God, while Luo Yunji and Tian Buyi’s disciples destroyed the blood nest and tracked the Demon God to the Nether Abyss. They fought the Demon God together, but the battle continued as their attacks failed to bring It down.

  • Su Ru saw Daoxuan True Person, the Azure Cloud Sect, and allied forces rally to pursue the Demon God.
  • Luo Yunji led Tian Buyi and his disciples to Huqi Mountains, where Zhang Xiaofan devoured the sea of blood and the group destroyed the Four Spirits Blood Array.
  • Luo Yunji deduced that the Demon God had gone to the Nether Abyss beneath the Divine Temple in the Wild Lands.
  • The Demon God emerged from a dark pit, and Tian Buyi and his disciples attacked It before It could fully escape.
  • Luo Yunji recognized the Demon God’s weapon as a combination of familiar weapons, and Tian Buyi urged his disciples to fight without restraint.
  • Tian Buyi’s disciples unleashed the Way of Nature and attacked the Demon God with their powers, but It roared off their attacks and the battle continued.

Ch. 1065Eating Beans

Zhang Xiaofan discovered the Demon God's weakness, while Luo Yunji and the Big Bamboo Peak disciples unleashed their combined Divine Sword Thunder Command True Art against it. The attack left the disciples exhausted, but the Demon God survived, and Tian Buyi warned that the battle was not over.

  • Zhang Xiaofan pierced the Demon God's eye and pulled out the severed Fire Poker fragment before the Demon God struck him away.
  • The Demon God overwhelmed Luo Yunji and the others with its attacks, while Tian Buyi kept Daoxuan and the Azure Cloud Sect disciples from entering the chaotic battlefield.
  • Luo Yunji led the eight Big Bamboo Peak disciples in the Divine Sword Thunder Command True Art, binding the Demon God with Lu Daxin's Four Talismans and striking it with a massive bolt of lightning.
  • Tian Buyi reached the battlefield and found his exhausted disciples facing a charred but still-living Demon God.
  • Tian Buyi gave his disciples Great Yellow Pills, while Wen Min and Tian Linger handed out Sugar Beans; Luo Yunji greedily asked for more as Zhang Xiaofan explained that his unusual spiritual capacity let him consume them safely.

Ch. 1066Each Unleashing Their Killing Move

Luo Yunji and the other seven Big Bamboo Peak disciples fought the Demon God while Small Bamboo Peak’s disciples gathered spiritual power to restore them. After the eight unleashed a strengthened Divine Sword Thunder Command True Art, Duan Ming tried using his ability on the Demon God, and the chapter ended as a violent power erupted around them.

  • Luo Yunji charged the Demon God and led the other seven disciples in a running battle while they struggled to recover their spiritual power.
  • Shuiyue ordered the Small Bamboo Peak disciples to use Dao Follows Nature to gather and transfer spiritual power to the eight Big Bamboo Peak disciples, and the Demon God’s punch killed several exhausted disciples.
  • Luo Yunji and the other seven unleashed a strengthened Divine Sword Thunder Command True Art that blasted the Demon God’s position into a basin, then fell from the sky.
  • Liao Xing caught and healed the eight disciples while Bi Yao flew toward the Demon God, where she and Tian Buyi found Duan Ming preparing to use his ability.
  • Duan Ming sent a diamond-shaped crystal into the Demon God’s forehead, and pillars of starlight enveloped them as an inexplicable power blasted Bi Yao and Tian Buyi backward.

Ch. 1067Save Them

Luo Yunji fought the Demon God and discovered that divine power could wound him, but using it further would destroy his soul. When the Demon God struck down Liao Xing, Tian Buyi, Bi Yao, and Duan Ming, Luo Yunji chose to use the Deities’ one remaining chance to save them, raising the Ghost Umbrella.

  • The Demon God broke free of the Four Talismans and blasted Duan Ming, Tian Buyi, and Bi Yao aside, while Liao Xing rescued them and treated their injuries.
  • Luo Yunji confronted the Demon God, summoned the Eight Immortal Swords and the Four Talismans, and pierced the Demon God’s chest with the Ghost Umbrella.
  • The Demon God seized Luo Yunji, but Luo Yunji used the Dragon Slayer Art to cut the Demon God’s hands apart with the power of his soul.
  • A Deity warned Luo Yunji that further use of divine power would leave him a drifting soul, and the Demon God healed his wounds and regrew his hands.
  • The Demon God blasted Liao Xing, Tian Buyi, Bi Yao, and Duan Ming into a pit, and Luo Yunji demanded that the Deities save them.
  • Luo Yunji rejected the warning that saving them would leave no chance to strike the Demon God, declared that he had a way, and raised the Ghost Umbrella.

Ch. 1068Betrayal

Luo Yunji fought the Demon God while the people around him sacrificed their strength to replenish his spiritual energy. As he began a final divine incantation, Mr. Ghost betrayed him by stabbing him through the heart.

  • Luo Yunji and the Four Spirit Beasts drove the Demon God into the basin, where his lightning attack badly wounded it and forced it to spend demonic power healing.
  • Tian Buyi and the others recovered and joined Shuiyue's Small Bamboo Peak disciples in casting Dao Follows Nature to transfer spiritual energy to Luo Yunji.
  • Sanmiao Fairy's Acacia Sect disciples chose to join the ritual, and she tearfully accepted their decision to risk death to protect the world.
  • Big Yellow and Little Gray joined the Four Spirit Beasts in battling the Demon God while Shuiyue and the women replenished Luo Yunji's spiritual energy.
  • Luo Yunji began casting a divine incantation with the Ghost Umbrella, summoning its Spirit Entities, but Mr. Ghost stabbed him through the heart before he could finish.

Ch. 1069An Even More Terrifying Presence

Li Jingzhi exposed Mr. Ghost as his eldest senior brother and revealed that the Demon God’s summoning had been arranged regardless of Mr. Ghost’s plans. Luo Yunji sacrificed himself to attack the Demon God, but the Demon God and Mr. Ghost opened the Nether Abyss until a colossal presence began to emerge and three Deities arrived.

  • Li Jingzhi stopped Mr. Ghost from pulling the black sword out of Luo Yunji and revealed that Mr. Ghost was his eldest senior brother, who had used the Ghost Scroll to possess others and allied with the Demon God.
  • Mr. Ghost admitted that he had set the Ghost King’s Four Spirits Blood Array to bring the Demon God into the world, but Li Jingzhi explained that the formation would have summoned it from Mount Huqi regardless.
  • Li Jingzhi struck Mr. Ghost away and helped Luo Yunji recover, while Luo Yunji declared he had no regrets and unleashed his life-consuming divine art against the Demon God.
  • The Demon God carried Luo Yunji to the Nether Abyss and poured demonic power into it, while Mr. Ghost sped the passage’s opening and a gigantic fingertip emerged.
  • Daoxuan True Person led the Azure Cloud disciples in an attack, but the Heavenly Dao halted them and sent them flying as three Deities descended.

Ch. 1070Final Chapter

Luo Yunji and his seven senior brothers sealed the Demon God and a terrifying Underworld being beyond the passage, sacrificing their chance to return to the human world. The three Deities then sacrificed themselves to complete the Dao, while the survivors mourned and vowed to guard the mountain range that buried the Divine Temple ruins.

  • Luo Yunji used the Taiji Yin-Yang Orbs, the Ghost Umbrella, and the Soul Spirits to push the Demon God and the Underworld finger joint toward the passage.
  • Li Jingzhi, the cultivators of the righteous and demonic sects, and the people of Sanfu Town joined Luo Yunji and the seven Big Bamboo Peak disciples in forcing the Demon God and the finger joint into the Underworld.
  • The three Deities sealed the passage and gave Luo Yunji and the others divine power to protect them, but the eight disciples remained inside the formation as it closed.
  • Luo Yunji said farewell to Tian Buyi, Liao Xing, Bi Yao, and Lu Xueqi, while his junior brothers sent Song Daren out of the formation and entrusted him with Big Bamboo Peak.
  • The Mystic Realm buried the Divine Temple ruins, and the three Deities sacrificed themselves to complete the Dao of Heaven, Earth, and Humanity.
  • Song Daren found his junior brothers' magical treasures, while Long Zi and five other spirit beasts stayed to guard the array around the mountain range.

Ch. 1071Afterword

One hundred years after seven disciples vanished into the Void Rift, Tian Buyi continued to search for them and mourned at the place where Luo Yunji used to practice. He finally reunited with his returning disciples, while far away a handsome young man in white appeared before a village where his family and friends had been waiting.

  • Tian Buyi revisited the woods behind Big Bamboo Peak and remembered Luo Yunji and the seven disciples who had entered the Void Rift.
  • After searching the Divine Land, Wildlands, and Hundred Thousand Mountains for decades without success, Tian Buyi followed the scent of roasting meat to a clearing where six familiar disciples gathered.
  • Tian Buyi initially mistook the scene for a memory, but Su Ru and the others arrived, and Song Daren and Lin Jingyu embraced the people in the clearing.
  • An old storyteller in a mountain village recounted the story of the Twin-Stemmed Three Lotuses while his family and friends gathered around him.
  • When the Green-Clad Girl admitted she still had no news, she and the woman beside her spotted a handsome young man in white walking toward them.
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